Oojami Discography of CDs

The British group Oojami blends hypnotic Middle Eastern modalities with breakbeat rhythms to create an engaging and highly danceable form of world fusion that has been embraced worldwide by modern belly dancers and club kids alike. This third album sticks to the formula established previously, with perhaps slightly more emphasis on upbeat numbers. Oojami: Necmi Cavil.

Audio Mixer: Paul Tipler. Track Listing of songs: Belly Zone; Boom Shinga Ling; Ali; Shake That Belly; Chicky; Caravan; Alize; Dark Ages; Urban Dervish; Wicked and Wild; Desert Fish; Fantasy; Some Like It Hot;

Personnel: Oojami (percussion); Nicola Cavli (vocals, violin); Ahmad Mohammed (vocals, ney, percussion); Ismail Acar, Aida Nadim, Besa Berberi, Line Tafomat (vocals); Andy Hopkins (guitar, bass guitar); Erke Erokay (guitar); Mehmet Can (kanun); Niyazi Albay (saz); Louai Alhenawi (ney); Ed Rieband (trombone); Soul, Karim Dellali, Numan Elyer, Ercan (percussion).

Oojami CD discography Track Listing of songs: Time Is Now; Raise It Up; Mr. Perfect; Summer Time; Twist & Turn; Let It Cry; Parodies; Only You; So They Move; Let's Do It; Never Again; Wiser;

Oojami albums Breakbeats From The London Based Turkish Sound Oojami. The Follow Up To 'Karma' Its Dedicated To Bryn Jones a.k.a. Muslimgauze.

Oojami music CDs Track Listing of songs: Chicky; Fantasy; Urban Dervish; Desert Fish; Sitare; Vuslat; Azize; Istanboogie; Esrar; Zenne; Boomzaza; Boda; Palas; Tin Tin; Neyzen;

Track Listing of songs: Time Is Now; Kulo Bilhab Ala Kulo; Ma Elli Ou Oltello; Eternal Diva; Howa Tale 'Et Menhour; Amal Ye'kasmey; Ah Jouba; Medley Farid Al Atrash (Ma Kally Wekoltelo); Sert Al Hop; Turn It Up; Housa Anny Ehaik; Tabla Toy; Ya Salam; Bellydance Superstar;

The first thing to do with this is ignore the title. Whether the belly dancers who picked these tracks are superstars or not is unknown -- but they have good taste in Middle Eastern music. There are four cuts from the Mondo Melodia stable (by Oojami, with the band's four-on-the-floor Turkish club mix, and three sha'bi selections from Hakim -- all good songs), but the rest spreads ...

Track Listing of songs: Bellyzone; El Baracka; Osoris; Yaqinn; Chicky; Walk Like an Egyptian; Rhiaee; Do You Love Me?; Jewleh Lal; Vamos Pal Club; Let There Be Light; Sweet Demure;

Track Listing of songs: Keef Trouhi; Chicky; Escape from Cairo; Sallam Alaikoum; Wings Over Cairo; Ala Mein; Rabat; No Gravity; Ashouk Uyoum; Mumbai Revisited; Sabah Bellydance; Abdel Khader; Saidi Song;

Track Listing of songs: Khallenoini Kalleoni; Zeina; Ali; Dulab Rast; Babylon; U & Me; Sabah el Sa'awah; Inta Lissa Faker Halli; Khayraouni; Naacheik Fik; Ancient Ruins; Zania; Sirens of Atlantis; Le Zaalen;

Compilations are invariably like the curate's egg -- good in parts -- and this one's no exceptions. For all the delights, like the fiery duet between Egypt's Hakim and Puerto Rican star Olga Tañon or the ...

Traditional Arab instruments and melodies joyfully merge with modern electronic dance rhythms in Oojami's debut album, BELLYDANCING BREAKBEATS. This union of Turkish, Asian, and African elements with urban dance beats results in an infectious and exotic ...